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Do you use the “Question & Answer” site Quora?
If so, you should know that your account might well have been compromised.
Quora has just announced that hackers have gained access to their system and stolen the personal information of up to 100 million users.
The full extent of the damage is yet to be determined, but here’s a list of the types of info that are already known to have been compromised: [Read more…]
The popular DNA testing service MyHeritage DNA has just reported that hackers have stolen the email addresses and hashed passwords of over 92 million users.
The company apparently didn’t know about the breach until they were alerted to it by a third-party security research firm. [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, Facebook is currently under fire for a serious data breach with a firm called Cambridge Analytica.
In a nutshell, Cambridge Analytica used a malicious app to steal the personal information of millions of Facebook users during the last U.S. presidential election cycle.
Unfortunately, you could easily be one of them.
If you’re wondering if your own data was stolen by Cambridge Analytica, you can easily find out right now. Here’s how: [Read more…]
The popular travel website Orbitz has just announced a major security breach that allowed hackers to steal the personal and financial information on almost 900,000 customers.
The data theft affects virtually all Orbitz customers who used the site to book a trip in 2016 and most of 2017.
This is the customer information that was stolen: [Read more…]
Well, it’s another week, and another online service has reported a data breach.
This time it’s Ancestry.com – or more specifically, the server that hosts their RootsWeb genealogy information sharing tools. [Read more…]